Noren took a two-shot lead into the final round and despite a bogey on the second that cut his advantage in half, he never looked like being caught in windy conditions.

Playing partner Max Kieffer had matched Noren's birdie on the first but then ran up a double bogey on the fourth, where his tee shot hit a male spectator on the head, and also double-bogeyed the next after his second shot caught the lip of a fairway bunker.

Noren eased four shots clear of the chasing pack and although Sebastian Soderberg and then Kjeldsen got within three, Noren reeled off 15 straight pars before a birdie on the last sealed a fourth European Tour title in the same event which provided his third in 2011.

The winner added: "It was pretty much the toughest weekend I've ever felt. When you are in the lead especially you think a lot and it was so tough."